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Reading a Play Script is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on how a script shows who speaks and how each voice should sound, aligned to Common Core standard RL.2.6. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Reading a Play Script

RL.2.6

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1.HEN: Who will help me plant the wheat? DOG: Not I! Why do the two lines need different voices?
  • A.They are the same character
  • B.One of them is the title
  • C.They are spoken by two different characters
2.In a play script, how do you know which character is speaking?
  • A.The character's name is written before the words
  • B.The words rhyme
  • C.The words are in brackets
3.PIG: Not by the hair on my chin! [She shakes with fear.] How should the pig's voice sound?
  • A.Proud and happy
  • B.Sleepy and slow
  • C.Shaky and scared
4.MOUSE: [quietly] Please let me go. How should the mouse's line be read?
  • A.With a laugh
  • B.Quietly
  • C.Loudly
5.FOX: [sweetly] What a lovely voice you have, Crow. Why does the fox speak sweetly?
  • A.He wants to trick the crow
  • B.He is falling asleep
  • C.He is scared of the crow
6.Are the words in brackets read aloud as part of a character's lines?
  • A.Yes, the loudest character reads them
  • B.No, they tell the actors what to do
  • C.Yes, they are the narrator's lines
7.LION: Ha! A mouse help me? [He laughs.] What does the lion think of the mouse?
  • A.He thinks the mouse is very strong
  • B.He thinks the mouse is too small to help
  • C.He is afraid of the mouse
8.GIANT: Fee, fi, fo, fum! [He stamps his feet.] How should you read the giant's line?
  • A.In a loud, deep, booming voice
  • B.In a tiny whisper
  • C.In a sad, quiet voice

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Answer key — Reading a Play Script

Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.They are spoken by two different characters
  2. 2.The character's name is written before the words
  3. 3.Shaky and scared
  4. 4.Quietly
  5. 5.He wants to trick the crow
  6. 6.No, they tell the actors what to do
  7. 7.He thinks the mouse is too small to help
  8. 8.In a loud, deep, booming voice

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.2.6 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.